Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Life here in the mountains, of North Carolina, is a slower pace for me, But the days are quickly getting shorter and shorter. The leaves are beautiful, my favorite time of year! It reminds me of my childhood days in northern Ohio, burning leaves, apple cider, hay rides. I wonder if people still do those things.

I am still busy, painting commissions, but I managed to paint this 11x14x1.5" landscape, It is a study for a commission.

SOLD

It is not easy capturing that "glow" from a beautiful sunset, and I am not sure I succeded here. but it is a start.

I have to admit, I struggled with this piece. I started with a brush, but after much frustration, I turned to my trusty palette knife. In the end, I am happy with the values, and the glow on the hydrangea on the rigfht. And the colors, love the colors. In fact, the more I look at it....the happier I get!

I returned from a week touring Colorado. It is incredibly beautiful and wild. Where else can you go to see a herd of antelope grazing, or big horn sheep! The prairie is as gorgeous as the mountains. I wasn't expecting the beauty of rolling hills, of mother deer with their fawns walking through the waist high grasses.

But this painting is from a kinder, gentler mountain. What is high in the Blue Ridge is a starting point in the Rockies! I love both places. Being a flatlander, I feel blessed to be able to visit these stunning landscapes.